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- [doun stressed th ee rohd]
- /daʊn stressed ði roʊd/
- /daʊn ðə rəʊd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [doun stressed th ee rohd]
- /daʊn stressed ði roʊd/
Definitions of down the road words
- noun down the road a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway. 1
- noun down the road a way or course: the road to peace. 1
- noun down the road a railroad. 1
- noun down the road Often, roads. Also called roadstead. Nautical. a partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor. 1
- noun down the road Mining. any tunnel in a mine used for hauling. 1
- noun down the road the road, the places, usually outside of New York City, at which theatrical companies on tour generally give performances. 1
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Origin of down the road
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English rode, earlier rade, Old English rād a riding, journey on horseback, akin to rīdan to ride
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Parts of speech for Down the road
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
down the road popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
down the road usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for down the road
adj down the road
- prospective — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- conditional — If a situation or agreement is conditional on something, it will only happen or continue if this thing happens.
- possible — that may or can be, exist, happen, be done, be used, etc.: a disease with no possible cure.
- consequent — Consequent means happening as a direct result of an event or situation.
- ultimate — last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.
adv down the road
- again — You use again to indicate that something happens a second time, or after it has already happened before.
- subsequently — occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to): subsequent events; Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
- afterward — If you do something or if something happens afterward, you do it or it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned.
- thereafter — after that in time or sequence; afterward: Thereafter they did not speak.
- after — If something happens after a particular date or event, it happens during the period of time that follows that date or event.
Antonyms for down the road
adj down the road
- unlikely — not likely to be or occur; improbable; marked by doubt.
- beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
- past — gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
- later — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- distant — far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from): a distant place; a town three miles distant from here.
adv down the road
- before — If something happens before a particular date, time, or event, it happens earlier than that date, time, or event.
- earlier — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- never — not ever; at no time: Such an idea never occurred to me.
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